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Commonwealth of

Pennsylvania

Multi-Year Training and Exercise Plan

2018-2021

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DISCLAIMIER

Information contained in this document is presented for general educational and information

purposes and to increase overall safety awareness and is subject to change. It is intended as

guidance and not as policy. It should not be used in place of consultation with appropriate

professionals.


PREFACE

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (hereafter referred to as the Commonwealth) has developed

this Multi-Year Training and Exercise Plan (TEP) that encompasses fiscal years 2018 through

2021. The information contained in this TEP was developed following the Training and Exercise

Planning Workshop (TEPW) conducted on January 19. 2018. The Pennsylvania Emergency

Management Agency (PEMA) coordinated and facilitated the TEPW and the development of

this TEP. PEMA as the State Administrative Agency (SAA) for the various grant programs

that fund training and exercise programs throughout the Commonwealth conducts an annual

TEPW. The 2018-2021 TEP includes the training and exercises planned for those years.

Each emergency management stakeholder (County, Task Force and State Agency) is responsible

for maintaining their own internal TEP’s and providing information to the Commonwealth on the

training and exercises conducted within their jurisdiction. PEMA fuses those individual plans

into a comprehensive plan that documents the training and exercise efforts of the whole

community.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Preparedness Directorate’s Office of Grants

and Training (G&T) requires that every State and Urban Area conduct a TEPW annually. The

Federal fiscal year 2017 Homeland Security Grant Program (HSGP) and Emergency Management

Performance Grant (EMPG) Funding Opportunity Announcement require grantees to develop

and maintain a progressive exercise program consistent with the Homeland Security Exercise

and Evaluation Program (HSEEP) and the National Exercise Program (NEP). Grantees must

conduct a TEPW and then develop a multi-year TEP that addresses the priorities identified in the

TEPW. Grantees are reminded of the importance of implementing corrective actions

throughout the progressive exercise cycle. For grantees receiving both HSGP and EMPG funds,

one TEPW and TEP is sufficient for both programs.

The Commonwealth has pursued a coordinated emergency management and homeland security

strategy that combines enhanced planning, new equipment purchases, training, and realistic

exercises to strengthen its capabilities in all five mission areas – prevention, protection,

mitigation, response, and recovery. Training and exercises play a critical role in this strategy by

providing the Commonwealth with a means of attaining, practicing, validating, and improving

those capabilities. The Commonwealth’s training and exercise programs are administered by

PEMA in coordination with local, state, federal, and private partners. The training and exercise

objectives described in this plan, at a minimum, will be tracked and reported for all State-level

response agencies, as well as any county response agencies that are receiving State Homeland

Security or Emergency Management Performance Grant funds. The plan helps to maintain the

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania’s commitment to preparedness from a whole Commonwealth

community approach.


POINTS OF CONTACT (POCS)

State Training Officer

Cole Hoffen Training and Exercise Division Supervisor

Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency

1310 Elmerton Avenue

Harrisburg, PA 17110

717-651-2724 (Office)

717-503-7516 (mobile)

[email protected]

Exercise Officer Reginald Godfrey

Exercise Officer




717-651-2714 (Office)

[email protected]

TEP Program Coordinator

Cole Hoffen Training and Exercise Division Supervisor




717-651-2724 (Office)

[email protected]

mailto:[email protected]




Contents

Disclaimer ............................................................................................................... 2

Preface .................................................................................................................... 3

Points of Contact (POCs) ......................................................................................... 4

Purpose ................................................................................................................... 7

TEP Objectives ....................................................................................................... 7

Program Priorities .................................................................................................. 8


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PURPOSE

The purpose of the multi-year Training and Exercise Plan (TEP) is to document an

organization’s training and exercise program priorities for a specific multi-year time period. It is

considered to be a living document that can be updated and refined annually. A copy of this

TEP, once approved, will be available on the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency’s

(PEMA) website and will be updated quarterly to reflect updates to training and exercises as they

occur and are scheduled and reported throughout the year.

These priorities are linked to a rationale based on existing strategic guidance, threat assessments,

corrective actions from previous exercises, or other factors. This multi-year TEP identifies the

training and exercises that will help the stakeholder organizations build and sustain the core

capabilities needed to address its training and exercise program priorities. Stakeholders in this

enterprise include: County and municipal partners, taskforce representatives, state agencies and

departments and federal partners.

The multi-year TEP presents a combination of training and exercises which address the goals,

objectives and priorities identified in the PEMA Strategic Plan and refined through TEP

development and update process of which the Training and Exercise Planning Workshop (TEPW)

is an integral part. The TEP enables organizations to participate in a Commonwealth wide

program of training and exercises with each successive event building upon the previous one

supporting a continuous improvement of emergency management capabilities and community

resilience across the Commonwealth.

The multi-year TEP also serves as a follow-on companion document to the Commonwealth of

Pennsylvania’s National Incident Management Implementation Strategy (NIMS) and the

Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency Strategic Plan. The TEP provides a roadmap for

the Commonwealth to follow in accomplishing the priorities described in this document.

TEP OBJECTIVES

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania’s objectives for the Training and Exercise Plan are:

Design, develop, and deliver a training and exercise program that enables the Commonwealth to

respond to and recover from; natural and man-made disaster events.

Enhance the whole community resilience of the Commonwealth, through capability-based

planning in accordance with the National Preparedness Goal and the Commonwealth’s Strategic

Plan.

Provide training and exercise program that is based on the recommendations and assessments in

the Commonwealth’s Threat Hazard Identification and Risk Assessments (THIRA), After Action

Reports/Improvement Plans (AAR/IP), PEMA Strategic Plan and the analysis of the National

Incident Management System (NIMS) Compliance Metrics Data.


PROGRAM PRIORITIES

I. National Preparedness Goal – Core CapabilitiesPresidential Policy Directive No. 8 – National Preparedness (PPD‐8) describes the

nation’s approach to preparing for the threats and hazards that pose the greatest risk to the

security of the United States. National preparedness is the shared responsibility of the

whole community. The 32 Core Capabilities contained in the National Preparedness

Goal are distinct critical elements identified as necessary for maintaining a successful and

comprehensive level of preparedness. They are highly interdependent and require

communities to use existing preparedness networks and activities, improve training and

exercise programs, promote innovation, and ensure that the administrative, finance, and

logistical systems are in place to support these capabilities. The Commonwealth of

Pennsylvania will address these 32 Core Capabilities across the 5 mission areas of

Prevention, Protection, Mitigation, Response, and Recovery grouped within the following

four objectives:

1. Multi-Jurisdictional, Inter-Regional, and Interagency training collaboration

2. Develop and deliver capability-based exercise programs

3. Promote Commonwealth Whole Community resilience

4. Enhanced Multi-Jurisdictional and Interagency cost savings

II. Interagency Training Collaboration (Objective #1)

Identify training and exercise needs of all the emergency management stakeholders in the

commonwealth and ensure that training and exercise programs are provided that enhance

the commonwealth’s ability to protect prevent, mitigate, respond to, and recovery from

any type of disaster. Establish and maintain a unified and coordinated operational structure

and process that appropriately integrates all critical stakeholders and supports the

execution of core capabilities.

https://www.fema.gov/core-capabilities


A. Corresponding Core Capabilities

1. Planning Pennsylvania Emergency

Management Agency (PEMA)

2. Public Information and

Warning

Pennsylvania Emergency


3. Operational Coordination Pennsylvania Emergency


4. Operational Communications Pennsylvania Emergency


5. Mass Search and Rescue

Operations



6. Threats and Hazard

Identification



7. Situational Assessment Pennsylvania Emergency


8. Intelligence and Information

Sharing

Pennsylvania State Police

9. Supply Chain Integrity and

Security



10. Mass Care Services PA Department of Human Services

11. Resource Management PA Department of General Services

12. Fusion Center Operations Pennsylvania State Police

13. Cybersecurity Pennsylvania State Police

B. Rationale

This requires the development of a robust commonwealth-wide emergency

management certification and accreditation program based on developing the

capabilities that enhance the commonwealth’s preparation for, response to, and

recovery from (5 mission areas) any type of disaster and the development of

exercises that provide the opportunity to further develop and evaluate those

programs and associated capabilities. The Commonwealth’s NIMS

Implementation Strategy and THIRA also identify the need for similar training

and exercise programs.

Supporting Training Courses and Exercises

1. The Commonwealth’s strategy identifies the following training courses as

a priority for the Commonwealth’s emergency management partners

training programs:

a. IS – 3: Radiological Emergency Management

b. IS – 5: An Introduction to Hazardous Materials

c. ICS-100: Introduction to the Incident Command System (ICS)

d. IS-120: An Introduction to Exercises

https://www.fema.gov/mission-areas

http://www.pema.pa.gov/planningandpreparedness/trainingandexcersises/Documents/NIMS%20Implementation%20Strategy%20-%202017-2022.pdf

http://www.pema.pa.gov/planningandpreparedness/trainingandexcersises/Documents/NIMS%20Implementation%20Strategy%20-%202017-2022.pdf


e.

f.

L/K-146:

(HSEEP)

G-191:

Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Plan

EOC/ICS Interface g. h.

i.

j.

k.

l.

m.

n.

o.

p.

q.

r.

s.

t. u.

ICS-200:

IS–230:

G-235:

IS–235:

IS–240:

IS–242:

IS–244:

G-271:

G-290:

G-300:

O-305:

G-320:

PER-320:

(PPMBE)

G-400:

G-402:

ICS for Single Resources and Initial Action Incidents Fundamentals of Emergency Management

Emergency Planning

Emergency Planning

Leadership and Influence

Effective Communication

Developing and Managing Volunteers

Severe Weather

Basic PIO

Intermediate ICS for Expanding Incidents

All-Hazards Incident Management Team

Fundamentals Course for Radiological Response

Personal Protective Measures for Biological Events

Advanced ICS

Incident Command System (ICS) Overview for

Executives/Senior Officials

v. MGMT-418: Training Identification & Preparedness Planning

w. IS-700: National Incident Management System (NIMS), An

Introduction

x. IS-702: NIMS Public Information

y. IS-703: NIMS Resource Management

z. IS-706: NIMS Intrastate Mutual Aid, An Introduction

aa.

bb.

IS-800:

IS-775:

National Response Framework, An Introduction

Emergency Operations Center Management and

Operations (precursor to G 775)

cc. G-775: Emergency Operations Center Management and

Operations

dd. IS-800: National Response Framework, An Introduction

ee. FEMA Basic Academy

ff. FEMA Advanced Academy

gg. NIMS ALL-HAZARDS Position-Specific Training as appropriate

for entities

2. Upcoming exercises that will support interagency training collaboration

and the associated core capabilities include:

a. Severe Spring Weather Exercise (Functional)

b. Winter Weather Exercise (Functional)

c. Radiological Transportation Exercises (Tabletop and Functional)


d. Radiological Emergency Preparedness Exercises

(Functional/Full- Scale)

e. MS-1 Hospital Exercises (Full-Scale)

f. County EMC Certification Exercises (Functional)

g. Specific Identified Events and Hazard Preparation (Table-top)

h. Thunderbolt Exercises (Workshop, Tabletop)

i. HazMat re-certification

j. Civil Support Team WMD Exercise

k. Black Sky Exercise

l. Airport/Port authority-based exercises

m. 9-1-1 authority exercises

n. Cyber exercise (functional/Tabletop)

III. Develop and Deliver Capability-Based Exercise Programs (Objective #2)


1. Planning

2. Public Information and Warning

3. Operational Coordination

4. Operational Communications

5. Mass Care Services

6. Situational Assessment

7. Economic Recovery

8. Infrastructure Systems

9. Critical Transportation

10. Environmental Response/Health and Safety

11. Strengthen the security and resilience of the supply chain.

12. Cybersecurity

B. Rationale

The review of AAR/IPs from exercises conducted in 2017 identified the

vulnerabilities that this TEP intends to remedy. The TEP reflects the need for the

development of a training and exercise program that fosters joint interaction

between all Emergency Support Functions (ESFs) and enhances the capabilities

that currently exist.

C. Supporting Training Courses and Exercises

1. ICS-100: Introduction to the Incident Command System (ICS)

2. G-191: Incident Command System/Emergency Operations Center

(ICS/EOC) Interface

3. ICS-200: ICS for Single Resources and Initial Action Incidents

4. G-300: Intermediate ICS for Expanding Incidents

5. O-305: All Hazards Incident Management Team


6. G-400: Advanced ICS

7.

8.

G-402:

Officials

IS-700:

Incident Command System (ICS) for Executives/Senior

National Incident Management System (NIMS), an

9.

Introduction

IS-702: NIMS Public Information

10. IS-703: NIMS Resource Management

11. IS-706: NIMS Intrastate Mutual Aid, an Introduction

12. IS-775: Emergency Operations Center Management and Operations

(precursor to G-775)13. G-775: Emergency Operations Center Management and Operations

14. IS-800: National Response Framework, an Introduction

15.

16.

E/L-947:

E/L-950:

Emergency Operations Center (EOC)/Incident Management

Team (IMT) Interface

All-Hazards Incident Commander 17. E/L-952: All-Hazards Public Information Officer

18. E/L-954: All-Hazards Safety Officer

19. E/L-956: All-Hazards Liaison Officer

20. E/L-958: All-Hazards Operations Section Chief

21. E/L-960: All-Hazards Division/Group Supervisor

22. E/L-962: All-Hazards Planning Section Chief

23. E/L-964: All-Hazards Situation Unit Leader

24. E/L-965: All-Hazards Resource Unit Leader

25. E/L-967: All-Hazards Logistics Section Chief

26. E/L-969: All-Hazards Communications Unit Leader

27. E/L-970: All-Hazards Supply Unit Leader

28. E/L-971: All-Hazards Facilities Unit Leader

29. E/L-973: All-Hazards Finance/Administration Section Chief 30. E/L-975: All-Hazards Finance/Administration Unit Leader

31. CRCC specific training

D. Upcoming exercises that will support interagency training collaboration and

the associated core capabilities include:

1. Severe Spring Weather Exercise (Functional)

2. Utilities Disruption Exercise (Tabletop)

3. Winter Weather Exercise (Functional)

4. Radiological Transportation Exercises (Tabletop and Functional)

5. Radiological Emergency Preparedness Exercises (Functional/Full-Scale)

6. MS-1 Hospital Exercises (Full-Scale)

7. Mass Care With Animal Sheltering

8. Black Sky

9. HART – Helicopter Aquatic Rescue Team

10. Food and Feed Rapid Response Team

11. Foreign Animal Disease Exercise

12. Resource Request Drill

13. Mass Distribution of Medical Countermeasures


14. Governors Emergency Preparedness Summit

15. Ebola and Infections Disease Exercises Tabletop and Functional Exercises

16. Cabinet-Level Exercises

17. FEMA VTTXs

18. Correctional Facility - 26 Tabletop and Functional Exercises

19. Mass Casualty/Mass Fatality (Coroner’s Office plans)

20. Transport/Port/Water/Sewage etc. Authority Exercises21. USAR Regional Teams

22. 3rd

WMD Civil Support Team annual CBRNE

IV. Promote Commonwealth Whole Community Resilience (Objective #3)


1. Community Resilience

2. Long-term Vulnerability Reduction

3. Risk and Disaster Resilience Assessment

4. Health and Social Services

5. Housing

6. Public Information and Warning

7. Planning

8. Economic Recovery

9. Mass Care Services

10. Operational Coordination

11. Situational Assessment

12. Threat and Hazard Identification

B. Rationale

The review of 2017 training course evaluations, the ongoing recovery and mitigation efforts from recent natural disasters, indicated that there is a need to continue to deliver training at the municipal, county, and state level to enhance the resilience of all communities. The Commonwealth’s Threat and Hazard Identification Assessment (THIRA) identified similar core capability gaps for whole community involvement and coordination in several key areas. We will also look to the State Mitigation Plan, PEMA Strategic Plan, After Action Reviews, and 44 CFR to identify capability gaps.

C. Supporting Training Courses and Exercises (Objective #4)

1. IS-15.b: Special Events Contingency Planning

2. G-202: Debris Management

3. G-205: Recovery from Disaster: the Local Government Role

4. G-210: Recovery from Disaster

5. G-212: Preparing and Submitting Hazard Mitigation Projects

6. G-213: Reviewing Hazard Mitigation Projects

7. G-214: Managing Hazard Mitigation Projects


8. G-288:

9. G-290:

10. E-317:

11. G-317:

12. G-320:

13. IS-366:

14. G-393:

Local Volunteer & Donation Management

Basic Public Information Officer

Comprehensive Data Management for HAZUS

Citizens Emergency Response Team (CERT)

Fundamentals Course for Radiological Response

Planning for the Needs of Children in Disaster

Mitigation for Emergency Managers

15. G-358 Evacuation and Re-Entry Planning

16. G-364: Multi-Hazard Planning for Schools

17. G-366: Planning for the Needs of Children

18. G-386: Mass Fatalities Incident Response

19. G-489: Management of Spontaneous Volunteers in an Emergency

20. IS-547: Introduction to Continuity of Operations

21. G-557: Rapid Needs Assessment

22. AWR-15: Promoting Community Cyber Security

23. AWR-136: Essentials of Community Cyber Security

24. AWR-169-W: Cyber Incident Analysis and Response

25. AWR-176-W: Disaster Recovery for Information Systems

26. IS-523: Resilient Accord-Exercising Continuity Plans

27. MGT-384: Community Preparedness for Cyber Incidents

28. MGT-385: Community Cyber Security Exercise Planning

29. E-948: Situational Awareness and Common Operating Picture

30. E-143: Advanced Situational Awareness and Common Operating

Picture

31. P-820: PA Fundamentals of Incident Support

32. IS-662: Improving Preparedness and Resilience Through Public –

Private Partnerships

33. E-105: Public Information and Warning

34. E-824: Partner Coordination in Disaster Response and Recovery

35. AWR-315: Criminal Intelligence Analysis Essentials

36. MGT-346: EOC Operations and Planning for All Hazards

D. Upcoming exercises that will support interagency training collaboration and

the associated core capabilities include:

1. Severe Spring Weather Exercise (Functional)

2. Winter Weather Exercise (Functional)

3. Radiological Emergency Preparedness Exercises (Functional)

4. Cultural Heritage Exercise (TTX/Functional)


V. Enhanced Multi-Jurisdictional and Interagency cost savings (Objective #4)


1. Planning

2. Situational Assessment3. Operational Coordination4. Operational Communications5. Intel Coordination & Information Sharing

B. Rationale

Identify funding agreements and procurement options/procedures that address interagency and multi-jurisdictional training and exercise needs representing emergency preparedness and emergency management stakeholders to achieve across-the-board cost savings, increased productivity, and program efficiencies. We will look to the 44 CFR for guidance on this issue.

C. Supporting Training Courses and Exercises

We are still researching what courses will fulfill Section V’s program priorities.

1. State Floodplain Management & Mitigation

2. Project Management (how to identify funding)

3. DGS Ad Hoc Procurement Training

4. Grants Management G-Course

5. Investigate other government finance courses.

6. Training for grant funding process and specific application processes.

7. Declaration Procurement Training

8. 2017-2022 Healthcare Preparedness and Response Capabilities Grants

(conduct further research on this)

9. Health Care Preparedness and Response Capabilities Grants

Upcoming exercises that will support interagency training collaboration and the associated

core capabilities include:

1. Topical Workshops and Conferences

2. Quarterly Area Office/Task Force/County Coordination

Meetings/Teleconferences